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My 14.5" is running as I type. It has three 1/2 chickens on it right now and that is max. Fit OK but could take no more.

Yes it sure does. Since the original post, I made a beef roast medium rare. The temp outside was about zero and again maintaining high temps without the water pan was very easy. I like to often use direct heat on the top grate. Getting used to the small WSM, I am learning half a chimney of...

I've been meaning to try cherry. Split a bunch yesterday making firewood. I make a fair amount of firewood every year.

Best move I made when learning to use the WSM's was ditching putting water in the pan. Instead think of it as a heat deflector and foil it. The water cools it off way too much and is a nasty by product to deal with. I now have pizza type pans that fit just inside the water pan lip and foiling...

I agree. I often use the WSM with no pan over direct heat using the top grid. It's far enough from the coal so it's doesn't burn. I added an additional vent to the top of the 18.5" for high heat cooks.

Well good and bad. Meat temp was 145, and I thought I'd throw the ball a few more times for the dog and flip the meat twice to brown. Well Mr. Dumbass did not realize the grates are different sized and the grate and tenderloins fell into the coals but stayed on the grate. Put back on top rack...

Well 18 min. in and I flipped the two pork tenderloins, nice grill marks, temp in the dome is now @ 320, Temp outside is 3.2 degrees. These cook pretty quick and estimate they will have internal temp of 150 in about 20 min.

Well this is the 1st true cook on the little guy. Last week I seasoned it and did some steaks later by putting a grate on top of the coal ring which really chars steaks up nicely and quickly. AnyHoo, I digress as I often do. Pretty chilly, temp is reading 3 degrees right now but there is no...

I generally use apple wood. Since I have an orchard of 550 trees it is pretty easy to come by. A 5 gallon pail will last a long time for use in a WSM.

I am serious about the lack of snow, this bites. it was -3 today and we did hunt bobcats today with the hounds, got one weighing 37.5#s. Don't know how to cook one of them though. Here is the sled: (It's faster than it looks, 1049cc @ 130HP)

I long ago gave up on water in the pans, I look at it as a heat diffuser. On the 18 & 22" I got the "pizza pan" lids for the water pans, foil both and clean up is a snap. I might try the clay on the small one, clay saucers were expensive for the big ones and felt they might crack so I went...

It's no big deal Jeff, you have no idea how awful this God for saken part of the world is in the Wintertime. It's so bad we don't have enough snow to run the snowmobiles yet.

Well it's mighty cold out. Down to 10 degrees right now at 6:24PM. I lit the chimney of KBB at 2PM as stated above. By 5:30pm, the temp was down to 250 degrees with only the empty water pan in it. I threw a few more coals in, removed the water pan and then grilled two steaks with the grate...

Well I now have all three WSM's. My smoking career started with a 20" Pro Q which was OK, but the fit and finish was not even close to the WSM. Moved to a 22" WSM which was great for BIG cooks, After a couple years found a 18" WSM in very good condition on CL for $150 and came with 7 bags...

Great article Chris, kudos!!!!!!!!!!!!! This line cracks me up, and you haven't met me either. If you're the kind of person that when buying a new car insists on a V-8 engine when a V-6 will do, or you buy a big pickup truck to tow a trailer just once a year, then you might as well stop...

Well, got the 14.5", NIB. Now I have the whole fleet of WSM's. Going to season it this afternoon.

I agree. Exhaust is the key. I installed an extra vent in the 18.5" and now high heat for poultry is easy. Ditching the water pan entirely and using direct heat on the top grate only makes good crispy chicken cooked in an hour or so.

I had a Pro Q for a couple years. It was OK, the stackers were a good idea but fit an finish wasn't great and it ate coal like a locomotive. The 22" is miserly compared to it. Sold it and got the WSM 22.5" and later 18.5". Dealing on a NIB 14.5" right now.

Robert R I kind of figured I would use the 14.5" small one more because I only fire up the other ones when there is a lot to cook. I use the gas Q grill a lot now and would use the 14.5" more for all the reasons you mentioned.

My wife just came in the room and chastised me for still fretting about this WSM, she said, "just get it and quit fretting". I sent them an offer of $90 buckees so we will see.